Word: closers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wide circle of people standing near Thayer Hall. At the center of the circle sat an enormous red-tailed hawk, clutching a dead squirrel between its talons. I braved the cold weather for nearly half an hour to watch this beautiful, strange bird. One woman snuck closer to take pictures with a telephoto lens; another bystander filmed the al fresco meal with a video camera...
However, upon closer examination, the storydoesn't appear to be necessarily focused on theatrocities that Pinkerton enacts againstButterfly. Interestingly, Butterfly is neverreferred to as "Madame Pinkerton," except byherself, even after her marriage. Rather, as thetitle suggests, the story is perhaps moreevocative of CioCio San's rite of passage from"Butterfly" to "Madame Butterfly...
Still, fellows say that though the institute'sbond to Radcliffe is strong, their own loyaltieshave always been closer to the Bunting itself, andthus a change in the Bunting's umbrellaorganization might not affect its daily workings...
...even if no men choose to apply for theBunting, changing admissions policies will helpthe institute stay on the right side of thelaw--and might bring the Harvard-Radcliffenegotiations one step closer to a final deal.Harvard News OfficeBUNTING IN TRANSITION:RITA NAKASHIMABROCK, director of Radcliffe's Bunting Institute,says concerns about the single-sex institute'sconflict with Title IX have led to its move toadmit men as fellows next year...
...once. It isn't borne out by the pictures themselves. A strangely moody image from 1677, of a couple eating oysters in a shadowed courtyard while a black servant plays the viola, is one of the best of all his paintings. But the earlier, inward, reflective De Hoochs seem closer to his own life, and so they affect us more...